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OARVING FORK.

PatentedNov. 27, 1888 Pains. Pnnbmmgnph-f, www. l:4 c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL W. MOAKLEY, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO VILLIAM W. LEE, OF SAME PLACE. l

CARVING-FORK.

SPECIFICATION i'orming part of Letters Patent No. 393,715, dated November 27, 1838.

Application filed September 12, 1887. Seri-.n.1 No. 249,430. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern: v

Beit known that I, MICHAEL W. MOAKLEY, of Northampton, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a 5 new and useful Improvement in Carving- Forks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional view with the guard xo open; Fig. 2, a similar view withA the guard closed. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 8 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a. sectional View on line L 4 of Fig. 5. Fig. '5 is an elevation of the guard detached from the fork.

My invention relates especially to carvingforks; and it consists in the combination ofan implement whose shank has a socket-opening on the back of the shank, with a guard or rest hinged directly to the shank, and held in either 2o its open or closed positions by means of a spring in the socket in the shank.

In the drawings, which illustrate the best way now' known to me of embodying my in! vention, the shank A is recessed on its back 25 to form a socket, B, and is provided with ears a at the mouth of the socket. The guard D,

which is preferably formed with a bifurcated extension to form the rest E, is provided at one end with a lug, d, which its between the ears 30a and is secured to them by a pin, a.

Lug (Z is best made V-shaped, as shown. The spring E in socket B hears against face d of lng d when the guard is closed, and when the guard is raised ridge d:i at the intersection ot' faces d' d compresses spring F until the dead-point 35 is passed, when the force of the spring is exerted against face d'l of the lug and the guard is sprung into and held in its raised position.

Spring E is preferably a helix, provided at its outer end with a disk, f, and is retained in 4o the socket by the guard pinned to the ears a.

I am aware of Gerard and Smiths patent, No. 345,044-, dated July 6, 1886, and Fraleys patent, No. 228,884-, dated June 15, 1880, and disclaim all that is described in them.

Vhat l claim is- In a carvingfork, shank A, having a socket,

B, at the month of which are ears a, in combination with guard D and spring E, spring F being in socket B, and guard D being pro- 5o vided with an integral lug, d, having a face, d', against which spring F bears to keep the guard closed, and a face, d2, against which the spring bears to keep the guard open, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

MICHAEL V. MOAKLEY.

Witnesses:

A. K. LAMPon'r,

C. H. PIERCE. 

